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At the Edge of the Sea على حافة البحر

with Sholeh Asgary

02 A lone figure at the luminous edge of the sea — a still from At the Edge of the Sea على حافة البحر

Al-Adeeb and Asgary use the Epic of Gilgamesh as a departure point in a series of electro-acoustic expanded-cinema performances comprised of live image, film, text, Iranian and Arabic vocal traditions, rituals, and sonic installations that seek to excavate the relationship between racialized necropolitical destruction and bodies in protest across time and space.

This collaborative, transdisciplinary project by Dena Al-Adeeb and Sholeh Asgary is part of the container project Past and Future Form I & II. This iteration was presented and supported by Soundwave NEXT and the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts.

Part of the container project Past and Future Form I & II. See also Crossings | عبور.

Two-channel video still: a desert encampment beside a figure at the shoreline — At the Edge of the Sea
An amber sea and sky meeting at the horizon — At the Edge of the Sea
Green water and a low coastline in two-channel projection — At the Edge of the Sea
The electro-acoustic expanded-cinema performance staged in a darkened theatre — At the Edge of the Sea

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